To whom it may concern,

I have Mollom set to protect webforms, new comments and new user registration. However the captcha is not showing up on comments or webforms.

This has happened on 2 sites that I'm working on (one with version 1.1, the other with 1.2). I'm not sure what I could be missing? I have the keys set properly and the settings seem pretty simple.

Thanks,
Rene

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ugerhard commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

A captcha for comments (I haven't worked with Mollom's webform protection yet) will only appear when someone submits something and the Mollom service is not sure if its SPAM or not. If Mollom is sure that the comment is not SPAM, it will go through without captcha, if it's sure the comment is SPAM it will be rejected without captcha. So you should not be seeing a captcha before submission anyway. Is this would you were wondering about?

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rhache commented

thanks for the reply.

Let me reword this so that I understand correctly:

  • there is no captcha on comments or webforms
  • these submissions go through Mollom
  • Mollom determines if this is spam or not
  • If it's unsure, it will return with a Captcha?

Not sure if I understand the last one.

Sorry if this sounds like a silly/basic question.

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ugerhard commented

Yep, that's the workflow. See also http://mollom.com/features

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dries commented

This is also a good link with a description of how it works: http://mollom.com/how-mollom-works

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wim leers
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commented
Category: bug » support
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

Seems all questions have been answered. Feel free to reopen!

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errement commented
Version: 5.x-1.2 » 6.x-1.3
Component: Code » User interface
Assigned: Unassigned » errement
Category: support » task
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Just downloaded Mollom module, registered on Mollom and have keys. Entered keys on my demo local site to give it a try and what i did was:

-As Anonymous (without logging in to my site) i created new story
-Wrote Title
-Under Body content i wrote some spam words
-Clicked Preview and…
-It works perfectly well, server returned "We are sorry, but the spam filter on this site decided that your submission could be spam. Please fill in the CAPTCHA first."
-Bellow i can see the CAPTCHA example with image/sound

So i think maybe you gave it a try like me before while logged in or just wrote a normal comment or whatsoever with normal words, no spam. That's why it didn't work for you.

Please tell if still having problem!!

Great job Dries!!

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errement commented
Assigned: errement » Unassigned
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)
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dergachev commented
Category: task » feature

The above applies to comments, not webforms. Currently Mollom doesn't support filtering webform submission spam. See http://drupal.org/node/259488 for a patch that might help with Drupal 5.